Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Misawa in Japan

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Misawa in Japan. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007e25. Id of event: us10007e25. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 118.75 km (74 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 11:18:12 / 11:18 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 141.4823 East, latitude 40.6415 North, depth = 118.75 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/11/16 / 2016-11-23 02:18:12 / November 23, 2016 @ 2:18 am.

The epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Aomori Shi (c. 298 400 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Hachinohe (c. 239 000 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Hirosaki (c. 175 000 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Ōdate (c. 64 500 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Mutsu (c. 49 200 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Goshogawara (c. 49 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Goshogawara, Ōdate, Hirosaki (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 11 km ESE of Misawa, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	141.4823° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	40.6415° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	118.75 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	11km ESE of Misawa, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-11-23 02:18:12	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-12-08 00:47:28	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	540	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.2	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	259	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.35	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.9 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	145	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us10007e25	Id of event.
Event Code	10007e25	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10007e25,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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